FlowControl

Enables flow control on this input’s socket.

This parameter applies to imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

Name:

FlowControl

Scope:

input

Type:

boolean

Default:

input=off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 7.0.0, possibly earlier

Description

Specifies if flow control should be applied to the input being defined.

Input usage

input(type="imuxsock" flowControl="on")

Legacy names (for reference)

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs. .. _imuxsock.parameter.legacy.inputunixlistensocketflowcontrol:

• $InputUnixListenSocketFlowControl — maps to FlowControl (status: legacy)

See also

See also imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

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